Silk Road (marketplace)

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/silk-road--marketplace-

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the founder's pseudonym?Dread Pirate Roberts
2. What is the primary transactional currency?Bitcoin, a decentralized cryptocurrency
3. What was the Silk Road marketplace?It was a secret online shop that let people buy and sell things without being seen, using the Tor network to stay hidden.
4. Who started the Silk Road?Ross Ulbricht, who used the name "Dread Pirate Roberts," created the site in February 2011.

Darknet Market: An online marketplace hosted on the dark web, characterized by its anonymity and often associated with illicit goods and services.
Tor Network: A decentralized network designed to anonymize internet traffic by routing it through multiple relays, making it difficult to trace the origin of communications.
Cryptocurrency: A digital or virtual currency that uses cryptography for security, operating independently of a central bank, with bitcoin being a prominent example.
Operation Onymous: A coordinated international law enforcement operation that targeted darknet markets, including the shutdown of Silk Road 2.0.